Nairobi Assembly Deputy Speaker Geoffrey Majiwa has resigned from his role as the assembly’s Energy and ICT committee chairperson following a fallout with members of the committee. The former mayor tendered his resignation on Monday, barely hours after committee members served him with a notice of no confidence in his leadership. Mr Majiwa has come under attack by other committee members who have accused him of continuously misrepresenting the committee on issues deliberated and agreed upon. Facing the ignominy of being thrown out, Mr Majiwa quickly announced his resignation, saying that he was leaving the chairmanship post to “concentrate on his deputy speaker’s post”. The Baba Dogo MCA was sworn in as the deputy speaker in September, 2020 as part of a deal between ODM and Jubilee to share the speaker’s and deputy speaker’s position.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2021 10:52 UTC